What's missing is inspiration. MMmkay?

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Posted by dabitch on 7. January 2008 - 19:09

Resume has a picture of a long billboard in Stockholm today that spells out the line: What's _issing _n St_ckholm?

Resumé reckons that they nicked the clever missing letters idea from the campaign for H&M that read: _HATS _ISSING in SOHO?. I saw those when I lived in New York in 2001, but didn't have my camera handy.

We'd just like to point to earlier ads in Badland ingle Ells for J&B and illeniu for M&M's, the M&M's did this eight years ago and the J&B ad is more than thirty years old.

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Submitted by Goodbye on 7. January 2008 - 23:18.
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I once saw an ad in Britain;
 
 
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Submitted by dabitch on 8. January 2008 - 0:55.
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Pun pun punfun.

Submitted by Wendall on 13. January 2008 - 14:48.
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I doubt there's any actual nicking going on. The idea's simple enough for multiple groups to come up with on their own.

Submitted by dabitch on 13. January 2008 - 14:56.
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That is true for most Badlanders, in the H&M vs MIO case it's just extra funny that the line (and font & colors!) are so similar.

Submitted by tod.brody on 13. January 2008 - 15:55.
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Kind of how American Apparel's typeface looks so much like American Airlines.

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Submitted by caffeinegoddess on 13. January 2008 - 19:24.
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Yeah, although I do think that J&B ad had ended up in quite a few ad books. Could also be unintentional copying as well.

Submitted by aby90 on 7. February 2008 - 0:06.
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